Background tool & page background setting

[C. Boemann]

On Monday 04 June 2012 19:45:36 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012, 19:39:06 schrieb Friedrich W. H. Kossebau:
> > is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page
> > background, master page and drawing page?
> > 
> > I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The
> > Background tool does not really work for me on the page (and elsewhere,
> > hm...), though I can set a background by the tool's config widget. How
> > should I use that tool? Or is it broken?
> 
> Sent before re-reading, should have been:
> 
> is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page
> background, both for master pages and for drawing pages?
> 
> I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The Background
> tool does not really work for me on the page (and elsewhere, hm...), though
> I can set a background image by the tool's config widget, but not a color
> or even a gradient. How should I use that tool? Or is it broken?
> 
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Are you talking stage? the background tool is not accessible in Words at least

The pagetool in Words is currently being developed by a SoK student, and the 
ui will change a lot, so please don't work on the pagetool.

You can work on the rendering/loading/saving part of it though